Tuwaiq Palace
Fortress-like limestone wall crowned by white tensile tents, hiding an oasis garden above a wadi.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Tuwaiq Palace in Riyadh follows the ceremonies that foreign embassies and their guests have brought to the former Diplomatic Club since the nineteen eighties, from national days to farewell receptions and weddings. It looks at the limestone wall and white tents that frame those occasions, and at an architect's question about gardens. Best heard from the path along the wall, with Wadi Hanifa below you.
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